This is a very preliminary web-site of the PASS project at IAC.
PASS is intended to perform a permanent all-sky survey, obtaining
time-series photometry from all bright stars that are visible in one or
more observing locations, with the major aim to detect all giant
planets transiting bright stars, and to perform a permanent tracking of
all bright variable stars. PASS would obtain information for
any astronomical phenomena which displays variability in time.
The
instrument would consist of arrays of about 15 wide-angle CCD cameras
(see Fig.
above left) that are mounted fixed and cover the entire visible sky
above 30 deg altitude. The figure above right (click for enlargement)
shows the overlapping fields of a 15 camera configuration, projected
onto the sky in horizontal projection.
For further descriptions of the project, please look at these
references (all in pdf):
Posters: (in pdf format. They need to be zoomed in to read the
text)
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